The Canadian government has re-invigorated a previous attack on a free press and free speech, cloaking it in high-minded language about the need to protect (ever-changing) "societal norms" and to prevent (ill-defined) "social harm." They want to expand the power of their broadcast regulator so it can control all content, even news coming into the country from outside. In other words, they only want bureaucratic power over everything everywhere.

John Carpay and Lisa Bildy in the Post Millennial via The Justice Centre, Mar 3, 2020: Censorship coming under proposed Canadian Communications Commission

Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel, Jan 2020: Canada's communications future: Time to act

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) in ourcommons.ca Feb 26, 2020: Briefing with the Minister of Canadian Heritage on his Mandate Letter

Supreme Court of Canada, Dec 13, 1990: R. v. Keegstra

Tom Rogan in the Washington Examiner, Feb 25, 2020: Britain's free speech suffers three new blows in seven days

The Hill, Feb 27, 2020: Federal appeals court rules tech platforms can censor content

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission: Licenses

Peter Menzies in The Globe and Mail, Jan 30, 2020: Broadcasting report constitutes a stunning overreach

Timothy Denton in The Hill Times, Feb 24, 2020: Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review report is a threat to freedom of speech

Brietbart, Mar 1, 2020: Federal Funds Used to Research ‘Hate Speech’ on Gab

The Globe and Mail, Feb 27, 2013: Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on free speech in case involving anti-gay proselytizer

Daily Caller, Jun 16, 2017: Canadians Could Face Hate Crimes Over Using The Wrong Gender Pronouns

Justice Centre News Release, Mar 1, 2020: Six-year-old told by teacher that “girls are not real”: case to proceed to a full hearing

Daily Mail, Jul 17, 2018: Transgender prisoner who was put in a female jail despite not having sex-change surgery ‘sexually assaulted four women inmates before being moved to a male prison’

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